soap scrimmage

soap scrimmage
 n.— «The cost of admission to the scrimmage: a towel. In the past it has been a towel and soap scrimmage, but Kennedale Athletic Booster Club board member Kathy Duncan said there is a surplus of soap currently.» —“High School Football Update” Dallas Morning News Aug. 16, 1997. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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